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Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Central Catholic
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School seal
Address
4720 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (Allegheny County) 15213
United States
Coordinates 40°26′48″N 79°56′44″W / 40.44667°N 79.94556°W / 40.44667; -79.94556Coordinates: 40°26′48″N 79°56′44″W / 40.44667°N 79.94556°W / 40.44667; -79.94556
Information
Type Private
Motto Pro Deo et Patria
(For God and Country)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Lasallian
Patron saint(s) St. John Baptist de la Salle
Established 1927
Founder Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle
Status Operating
School district Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Principal Bro. Anthony T. Baginski, F.S.C.
Chaplain Fr. Robert George, A.F.S.C.
Teaching staff Laity, Christian Brothers, Deacons
Grades 9-12
Gender Male
Enrollment 885 (2014)
Average class size 21
Campus Oakland
Campus type Urban
Color(s) Blue and gold         
Slogan Faith. Scholarship. Service.
Fight song On to Victory
Athletics 6A
Athletics conference WPIAL
Mascot Viking
Team name Vikings
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Average SAT scores Reading: 552, Math: 572, Writing: 544 (2014)
Publication Harlequin
Newspaper The Viking
Yearbook Towers
Endowment $9 million (2014)
Tuition 11,500 (2016-2017)
Dean of Students Steve Bezila
Admissions Director Brian Miller
Athletic Director Charles Crummie
Website
Designated 1976
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View from Fifth Ave

Central Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Lasallian, all-boys college preparatory school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and is administered and partially staffed by the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

In the 1920s, Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle of the Diocese of Pittsburgh started a program to expand diocesan involvement in education beyond the existing parish schools founded by the predominantly Catholic immigrant population of the city. Boyle invited the Brothers of the Christian Schools (more commonly known as the Christian Brothers) to found an all-male secondary school in Oakland, the academic district of Pittsburgh. The first freshman class entered in 1927, and Central Catholic's success allowed Boyle to expand on the diocesan network of boys' schools with North Catholic, Serra Catholic, and South Hills Catholic High School.

Although the school originally took students only from the central neighborhoods of Pittsburgh, the decline of regional equivalents such as North Catholic and South Catholic, following both schools' gradual switch to coeducation, eventually attracted students from a wider geographic and socioeconomic range. Students attend from neighborhoods including Bloomfield and Squirrel Hill, to suburban communities such as Cranberry, Jefferson Hills, and Fox Chapel. The diocese also opened a sister school, Oakland Catholic, also in the Oakland area.


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